"In Britain, you never get a doctor bill. These systems tend to have low costs per capita, because the government, as the sole payer, controls what doctors can do and what they can charge."
That's plain wrong - there is still private health care here in the UK and, as far as I know, they charge what the market will bear.
Of course, most people use the NHS - but in the smallish city I am in (Edinburgh - 450K people) there are a number of private hospitals.
Private healthcare is generally seen as a way of keeping senior medical staff happy as they get to work at the NHS and do private healthcare work on the side.
"In Britain, you never get a doctor bill. These systems tend to have low costs per capita, because the government, as the sole payer, controls what doctors can do and what they can charge."
That's plain wrong - there is still private health care here in the UK and, as far as I know, they charge what the market will bear.
Of course, most people use the NHS - but in the smallish city I am in (Edinburgh - 450K people) there are a number of private hospitals.
Private healthcare is generally seen as a way of keeping senior medical staff happy as they get to work at the NHS and do private healthcare work on the side.